The review of consultant job plans necessarily now requires a greater priority in the Trust’s annual cycle of activity than it did under the old contract. Consideration needs to be given to the timing of the job plan review – where best does it fit alongside the Trust business plan cycle etc?

In part this is due to the need to now set meaningful, agreed objectives – it is simply not possible to do this if the first discussion occurs at the actual meeting. Neither the individual nor the clinical manager can be sufficiently ready to make the necessary agreements if there has not been reasonable preparatory work. e.g. if one of the objectives to be agreed is a team objective, this needs to be agreed with all of the team, rather than the one individual present at the job plan meeting.

It is suggested that improved job planning processes which deliver effective job planning will aid the realisation of benefits from the contract. This requires putting all the pieces together to ensure that the relevant issues are linked and considered at the appropriate time.

Trusts need to decide for themselves how best to link these issues as they develop job planning. This slide provides a list of the issues that now need including in the actual job plan review meeting ( & job plan review forms)

It highlights the increased detail that job plans will contain in the future – in comparison to a timetable which was the format of many previous job plans under the old contract.

Purpose of the job plan review

- Consider what has affected the job plan
- Consider progress against the agreed objectives
- Agree any changes to duties and responsibilities
- Agree a plan for achieving personal objectives
- Agree support needed from the organisations
- Review relationship with other paid work, including private practice.

Self-explanatory

Purpose of the day To provide for those involved in the job planning process:

- A set of tools which may help enhance the quality of the job plan
- An opportunity to discuss how best to link job planning with other trust responsibilities, such as business planning, corporate objective setting
- An opportunity to share in the development of the local consultant job planning process

Five sessions which can be flexed during the day, i.e. more time can be spent on those sessions which are most needed locally.

Each of the sessions can be delivered as a presentation / discussion only or a presentation / discussion / workshop session.

Detail here which sessions you are going to spend more time on – i.e. your priorities for the day.

Content of the day 5 sessions:

- Setting the context
- Effective use of data in job planning
- Objective setting
- Achieving the benefits of effective job planning
- Negotiating skills